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Jubilee! Circle is an interfaith, metaphysically-based spiritual community in Columbia, SC, led by Rev. Candace Chellew. Tune in for some weekly wisdom grounded in teachings from A Course in Miracles, ancient mystics such as Rumi, Hafiz and others, along with wisdom from Buddhism, Hebrew and Christian scriptures and modern mystics such as Eckhart Tolle, Michael Singer, Marianne Williamson, Pema Chodron and more! Wise up weekly! To donate or learn more about Jubilee! Circle visit jubileecircl ...
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In this weekly wisdom from Jubilee! Circle, founder and spiritual director Rev. Candace Chellew gives her farewell sermon as she retires. She teaches us how change can do us good, and how to identify what's stopping us from making good changes. To donate or learn more about Jubilee! Circle visit jubileecircle.com and watch us every Sunday morning a…
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In this weekly wisdom from Jubilee! Circle, Agape Licensed Spiritual Practitioner Deb Varn teaches us how practicing the art of beginning again and again can allow us to take back our power through awareness and find our freedom in the decisions we make moment by moment. To donate or learn more about Jubilee! Circle visit jubileecircle.com and watc…
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This week, Rev. Candace Chellew, Jubilee! Circle Spiritual Director, teaches us how to love our future self. CC and the Recalcitrants also play "Guru," an original song from Rev. Candace. To donate or learn more about Jubilee! Circle visit jubileecircle.com and watch us every Sunday morning at 11:15 Eastern on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@jubil…
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We are both teachers and learners in this world - teaching and learning either love or fear. This week, Jubilee! Circle Spiritual Director Rev. Candace Chellew, talks about the many forms our teacher's take and how we can love them all. To donate or learn more about Jubilee! Circle visit jubileecircle.com and watch us every Sunday morning at 11:15 …
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As beings made in the image and likeness of God, we have been given dominion over our thoughts. This week Agape Licensed Spiritual Practitioner Deb Varn shares the Mandala of Being as a practice to become more aware of where our thoughts are taking us and how to get back to our point of power, the present moment. To donate or learn more about Jubil…
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Poetry has a way of helping us uncover that Holy connection to our higher Divine Self. In that spirit, we present another Poetry Church, with poets Moses Oaktree, Tamara Miles, Jane Zenger, TK Cani, Al Black and singer/songwriter, Josh McGill. To donate or learn more about Jubilee! Circle visit jubileecircle.com and watch us every Sunday morning at…
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In this weekly wisdom from Jubilee! Circle, Spiritual Director Rev. Candace Chellew shows us how to develop the eyes we need to see, and love, all the abundance around us - not just the physical stuff our ego calls “abundance.” To donate or learn more about Jubilee! Circle visit jubileecircle.com and watch us every Sunday morning at 11:15 Eastern o…
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In this Weekly Wisdom from Jubilee! Circle, Agape Licensed Spiritual Practitioner Deb Varn teaches us that regardless of appearances, everything is for us. When the dark night is over, we get to realize we were never alone in any part of it; the light is closer than our breath, always has been and always will be. To donate or learn more about Jubil…
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In this weekly wisdom from Jubilee! Circle, Agape Licensed Spiritual Practitioner Deb Varn helps us explore our Life Structures and how disciplined spiritual practice stabilizes them so that we can deliver our gifts, talents and skills and do our part to make this world a better place to be. To donate or learn more about Jubilee! Circle visit jubil…
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A Course in Miracles tells us that "Projection makes perception," which means that most of us are stuck in our narrow, projected view of the world. This week, Jubilee! Circle Spiritual Director Rev. Candace Chellew will help us widen our view to perceive the nothingness of what is and learn to love it. To donate or learn more about Jubilee! Circle …
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This week Agape Licensed Spiritual Practitioner Deb Varn explores the possibility of seeing our past differently and leaning into infinite possibilities available right now! To donate or learn more about Jubilee! Circle visit jubileecircle.com and watch us every Sunday morning at 11:15 Eastern on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@jubileecircle.…
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Prayer is one of the most powerful tools we have in our tool box! This week Agape Licensed Spiritual Practitioner Deb Varn explores the power of prayer in our experience, along with an overview of affirmative prayer. To donate or learn more about Jubilee! Circle visit jubileecircle.com and watch us every Sunday morning at 11:15 Eastern on YouTube h…
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Like the old religious saying goes, "This world is not our home." Rev. Candace Chellew says that's not a call to forsake the world, but to remember that our purpose here is to embody God's Love and help everyone awaken to their home in God. To donate or learn more about Jubilee! Circle visit jubileecircle.com and watch us every Sunday morning at 11…
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Hardly anyone enjoys the prospect of starting over -- redoing work already done or seeking new ways to live, move and have our being in the world. This week, Jubilee! Circle Board Member Camille Carpenter explores the science behind starting over so we can realize that new beginnings are how all living things experience growth. To donate or learn m…
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This week, Agape Licensed Spiritual Practitioner Deb Varn helps us explore the pathways to joy. Joy is an inside job that begins with a decision to be grateful for everything and in everything, especially in the challenges we face. Self-awareness, forgiveness and gratitude light the way. As A Course in Miracles says, “Heaven is a decision I must ma…
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Ted Lasso, the US football coach hired to coach a UK soccer team, in the Apple+ TV show of the same name, is an example of what the Orthodox Christian tradition calls a "holy fool." This week, Rev. Candace Chellew explains how Lasso's philosophy can help us practice the resurrection of worthiness. You can also watch this message on our YouTube chan…
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This week, Agape Licensed Practitioner Deb Varn teaches us how to cultivate peace, be peace and how to begin again when we are triggered and forget who we are -- peace Itself. You can also watch this message on our YouTube channel, where we broadcast live each Sunday morning at 11:15 a.m. Eastern time! Visit our website to learn more about Jubilee!…
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Here in the Southern US we say, "Bless your heart," not as a sincere blessing, but often as an insult. How can we reclaim blessing? We begin by reclaiming that phrase, says Rev. Candace Chellew in our Weekly Wisdom from Jubilee! Circle. You can also watch this message on our YouTube channel, where we broadcast live each Sunday morning at 11:15 a.m.…
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This week, Deb Varn, Agape Licensed Spiritual Practitioner, offers tools and practices that empower us to be in the present moment, to surrender and accept what is happening in our experience and how to forgive ourselves and others even when it seems impossible. You can also watch this message on our YouTube channel, where we broadcast live each Su…
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A Course in Miracles says the message of the crucifixion is to "teach only love." The message of the resurrection then is to "be only love." Rev. Candace Chellew, Jubilee! Circle Spiritual Director, teaches us how to step out of the ego's tomb of grievance and practice the resurrection of this present moment. You can also watch this message on our …
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We tend to think our worries and troubles come from outside of us, but there is a common denominator we all share - our ego. This week, Agape Licensed Spiritual Practitioner Deb Varn helps us get to that higher common denominator of Spirit that we all share. You can also watch this message on our YouTube channel, where we broadcast live each Sunday…
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At some point in our lives, we will encounter an identity crisis. However, it's only the ego that can think it's something it's not. Our higher, Divine Self is made out of Love and is never changing. Rev. Candace Chellew teaches us this week how to access that higher, Divine Self that never doubts that it is a beloved, originally blessed Child of G…
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David Bowie once sang, "I don't believe in modern love." His song describes modern love as fleeting and outside of ourselves. This week, Rev. Candace Chellew provided a "sermon-on-demand," as a congregation member randomly picked a passage from A Course in Miracles and she made up this sermon about modern love based on Lesson 103 from the Workbook …
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The Holy Spirit offers us so many opportunities to live into who we truly are. This week, Agape Licensed Spiritual Practitioner Deb Varn talks about leaning into Our Sacred Yes, knowing the way is made plain and straight with each step we take and with each decision we make. You can also watch this message on our YouTube channel, where we broadcast…
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What can the cartoon characters Popeye and Pig-Pen teach us about living in the light of charity toward everyone, even ourselves? Rev. Candace Chellew breaks it down for us in this week's episode. You can also watch this message on our YouTube channel, where we broadcast live each Sunday morning at 11:15 a.m. Eastern time! Visit our website to lear…
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Rev. Candace Chellew says she spent many years spoiling for a fight over LGBTQ issues as she sought to reconcile her sexuality and spirituality. The moment she stopped arguing, though, all of her attackers disappeared. This is the why A Course in Miracles says, "In my defenselessness my safety lies." This week, Rev. Chellew explores how to live in …
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We've been told many things about God - that He (always "He") is wrathful, judgmental and will send you to hell for the slightest infraction. Oh, and by the way, He's also loving. With such mixed messages is it any wonder we avoid living in the light of God? This week, Rev. Candace Chellew untangles our fear of God and shows us how to step into the…
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There is a blessing for the world seeking to emerge through us, as us, in the world. This week Deb Varn, an Agape Licensed Spiritual Practitioner, leads us in a process of identifying what is trying to emerge from within you into the world as you ask, be still and listen. You can also watch this message on our YouTube channel, where we broadcast li…
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It's said that sticks and stones can break your bones, but words can never hurt you. We all know that words often do more damage than sticks and stones, because we carry those wounds inside of us. This week, Jubilee! Board Member Julie Buckley explores how we can live in the light of good vibrations, and how our gentleness can change the world. You…
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The Real World, according to A Course in Miracles, is one that is seen "through quiet eyes and with a mind at peace." That seems impossible in this world of violence and suffering. Rev. Candace Chellew gives us the key to the Real World - forgiveness. You can also watch this message on our YouTube channel, where we broadcast live each Sunday mornin…
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A Course in Miracles says one of the things we must do is "forget and remember." That means we are to remember who we truly are - God's innocent and beloved children -- and forget the fear that the ego is always trying to teach us. Rev. Candace Chellew explains how to live in the light of remembering. You can also watch this message on our YouTube …
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Time ... we never feel like we have enough of it. What if, though, we're thinking about our use of time wrongly. What if spending time getting ahead in this world is actually a waste of our time. What if our time is better spent pursuing the "happy dream" that leads to our awakening? Rev. Candace Chellew tackles the question of how we can live in t…
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According to A Course in Miracles, we are on "a journey without distance." We believe that we are separate from God and try everything we can think of to go back home. Rev. Candace Chellew shares good news: You are already home. All you need do is recognize that home is in this present moment. You can also watch this message on our YouTube channel,…
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Each new year we resolve to change something about ourselves whether it be our weight, our wealth, our health, or how we spend our time. What if, though, we stopped waiting for change to happen in the outside world and instead turned our attention to living fully within first this year, then seeking to bring that Love and Light from within out into…
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Advent is traditionally a time of expectantly waiting for a savior to be born. What if, though, a savior is born every minute in and through us into the world? The ego would keep us waiting, but the Holy calls us to action to be the Love and Light of the world right now. This week, Rev. Candace Chellew talks about how this might look like in the wo…
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According to the dictionary, something is "special," when it is "distinguished by some unusual quality." The ego likes to take that to mean that our unique specialness makes us superior to others. According to A Course in Miracles though, we all have unusual qualities -- but instead of making us "special," it simply makes us more effective miracle …
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It was W.H. Auden who remarked: "Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings." In today's podcast, we enjoy the clear expression of mixed feelings from a variety of poets during Poetry Church. Poet Al Black introduces us to lyric balladeers Lang Owen and Josh McGill and post-modern poets Jane Zenger, Tavern Hampton, Arik Bjorn…
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A Course in Miracles says all it takes to bring the power of heaven to earth is a "little willingness." This week, in our weekly wisdom from Jubilee! Circle, Agape Licensed Spiritual Practitioner and singer and songwriter Deb Varn talks about the power of that little willingness as she has faced down cancer over the years. She ends her powerful mes…
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Prosperity gospel preachers say money is the sign of God's favor on your life. A Course in Miracles tells us that money is not evil ... it is nothing. Money is not a sign of blessing. Instead, it's simply another part of the illusion that God can work with to help us awaken. We will be given what we need, A Course tells us, but instead of enriching…
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Everyone fantasizes about how the world would be different -- and better -- if they were in charge. A Course in Miracles asks, "Do you like the world you made?" The good news is, we do have the power to remake this world in the image of love, peace and joy. Rev. Candace Chellew explains how we can speak a new world into being in this Weekly Wisdom …
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Many people believe the Buddha taught us that desire leads to suffer. In fact, he taught that it is our attachment to our desires that causes suffering. It's okay to want what we want. But how would life be different - and more joyful - if we could detach from the outcome of our desires, and instead remember that, as A Course in Miracles tells us, …
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The ego tells us the world is a scary place, and it has a lot of proof to show us. We buy into it, of course, and we rehearse our fears, our anxieties and our worries daily. We become masters of fear. What if, though, we realized that the ego is just another imaginary boogeyman seeking to scare us with its illusions of fear? What if, instead, we so…
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According to Schoolhouse Rock, three is a magic number. It's the Holy Trinity, of course, but it's also the past, present, and future, faith, hope, and charity and the heart, the brain, and the body. This week, Jubilee! Circle Board President Lee McEachern explores the magical Tao of Three and how it can help us choose between the ego and the Holy …
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Sometimes on the spiritual journey we feel stuck. Our efforts to move forward are futile and we feel like we're going around in circles. That's because, Rev. Candace Chellew says, we're following the wrong guide - the wrong tower. In today's podcast, Rev. Chellew gives you some tips for spotting that Holy tower to guide your life by. You can also w…
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It's said that the path is the point of our spiritual journey, not the destination. So often, though we feel lost on the path, unsure of which direction to go. This week, Rev. Candace Chellew talks about how being involved in a four-car pileup on an Atlanta highway taught her that no matter where you are on the journey, you'll get where you're goin…
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In the spiritual and metaphysical world, we talk a lot about staying in the present moment. But, what about the future? Are we just supposed to leave that to chance? Are we not supposed to plan our future? Here's a hint: If you want a different future, you have to leave your past behind. Where can you do that? Only in the present moment. Join Rev. …
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